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North puts end to championship regular season with victory

A week ago North’s Conner Frankamp might not have given the ball up to his teammate on an easy fast-break opportunity.

But when he did in the second half on Friday in the team’s 69-51 win over West, allowing Tristyn Villa to score, it was a sign that any pressure of trying to set scoring records or win City League titles was out of mind.

“That’s a big relief off his back,” North coach Gary Squires said. “Now he can just go out and play, not worry about it. I thought he did a good job with that.”

Frankamp finished with 18 points in his final regular-season game, and helped avenge a Jan. 22 loss at West — North’s only City League loss — a game Frankamp didn’t play in.

“They beat us earlier this year … so we wanted to come out and beat them and have good momentum going into sub-state,” Frankamp said. “It was nice not having any pressure and kind of helping teammates. They played awesome tonight.”